Perspectives on Religion and Meaning

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Stimulate the critical, ‘mature’ reflection on faith and religion in general and Christianity in particular. Demonstrate that current, fundamentally existential, human questions come up throughout the ancient texts of biblical literature. Stimulate a process of reflection against the background of and in dialogue with the age-old biblical tradition. These aims are situated within the context of the more general aims within the options taken by KU Leuven: The student is able to 1. explain the role lifestances and religions, in particular the Christian faith tradition, play in culture and society. 2. analyse the world views and perspectives on the human person present in certain social and cultural phenomena, such as the media, healthcare, economy, technology, education... and to reflect on them critically. 3. demonstrate the uniqueness of lifestances and religions, in particular the Christian faith tradition, on the basis of concrete examples. 4. apply theoretical visions from theology and the religious sciences to current social themes. 5. recognise the religious and lifestance themes associated with one’s own discipline and critically interact with them. 6. develop and express a personal and substantiated vision concerning lifestance questions in dialogue with the Christian faith. 7. specify the value of religions and lifestances in relation to aspects of one’s own life (‘lifestance mindfulness’). 8. explain how insight into lifestance questions and visions can contribute to the development of one’s professional identity as a service to society, with a particular focus on the most vulnerable. see: https://www.kuleuven.be/onderwijs/visie-en-beleid/bestanden/beleidsplan & http://www.kuleuven.be/overons/opdrachtverklaring).